Car crashes are one of the leading causes of line-of-duty deaths for police officers, which makes driving courses an important component of officer training and development. Unfortunately, limited scheduling options and financial constraints can make it difficult for departments to send officers for driver training. Students who attend the
Advanced Driving Instructor course receive eight days of training in driving techniques, so they can return to their respective departments and train others.
Officers who take this course can become certified instructors in each of four areas offered by OPOTA:
- Basic Academy Driving Instructor, which includes emergency and nonemergency driving (This section of the course enables the student to become an OPOTC Basic Academy Driving Instructor if they already have their Basic Instructor Certification.)
- Pursuit Termination Techniques (includes tire deflation devices and various pursuit termination techniques as well as the Precision Immobilization Technique)
- Tactical/ Dynamic Vehicle Operations (higher speed maneuvering and pursuit driving)
- Sport Utility Vehicle Operations (includes on- and off-road applications) which focuses on current driving mechanics, ideologies, and officer safety considerations.
Students will drive OPOTA track vehicles and experience different training courses and exercises that they could incorporate into training at their respective departments or in an academy setting. Certified instructors will teach using various methods. Then, students will practice teaching parts of the material to each other.
They will receive the current training material, PowerPoint presentations, and lesson plans used in the OPOTA driving program to share.
March 29, 2017 - April 7, 2017 ǀ 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
OPOTA Tactical Training Center
1960 U.S. Rt. 42 SW
London, OH
Cost: $1,150